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2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 24, v1947 Patented May 10, 1949 UNITEDv1 STAT-ES PAI'EN OFFICE l SECTION SHIELD DEVICE .s

John Kosinski, New Hyle.-Park,'N." Y. Application July 24, 1947, -'SerialNo.l763,268

3 Claims.

This invention relatestovsectional cover or.

shield .device for a clothesline,-and.m`ore particu;-.

larly to a sectional shield-Whereon the'clothes.;

are supported and which is adapted to travel sectionl byl section -alongthev conventional clothesline or cable asfa support-and guide.

Infwindy weather,- clothes tend to become twisted around a clothesline, thus fouling the line and, making the removal-ofthe clothes more diilicult.4 This is particularly truewhere a double line and..

pulley arrangement is employed.`

The'principal object ofv this invention is to reduefouling ofthe clothesline.'

Another object-is to! facilitatethe removal of fouled articles from a clothesline.-

In thedrawings comprisingtwo sheets of eight figures, numbered Figs. l to 8, inclusive, one suggested embodiment of the Kinventionand its mode ofpractice is shown.

Fig. l is a front view of a clothesline showing the' sectional shield devices, with the clothesline and `one of the shield ldevices partially broken away;

Fig. 2 is a planf'viewfof two `of the sectionalf shield devices partially broken-away;

Fig. 3 is a side view thereof ;l

Fig. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary vieWof'they couplingA members partiallyl -in cross-section;

Fig;y 5 is `a vertical lcross-sectional view takenalong the line 5-5-of Fig.` 3, lookingin the di'- rection of the arrows;1

Fig. 6 is a plan viewfshowi'ng yhow* the secy tional shield devices -are applied to a pulley-- actuated doubleclothesline;

Fig'. '7 is a fragmentaryview showing a portion of one ofthe shields in'vertical cross-section;

and

Fig'. 8 is a horizontal cross-sectiontaken along .r the line 8--8` of Fig. 7,'looking inthe direction r ofi the arrows.

Likereferencev .characters designate correo.;A spending parts. throughoutxthe severalguresof the. drawings.`

Referring vgenerally to. Figs. .1 to` 4, .the con.-

Ventional clothesline 20. maybe supportedin any4 z conventional manner as betweenthe posts 2l and 22. I The 'clotheslinel 20` may. be detachably attached tothe hooks1.23,and 24 which are anchored to the v.posts2l and 22, .the line 20 being detachably `secured tothe yhooks .23'and 24v in any. suitableway as by means'of the' eyelets 25 y and 26.

Atthepost 22, 'theclothesline'Zis made -read ilyaccessible to `theoperator-,pr 4the hook24 may- 1 tel anchored@ the Waur the building adjacent the door or window from 4which point the Wet washsis hung.

Insteadyof attaching thewet wash to the clothesline 20. with .clothespins in the Aconven. tional.manner;the operator iirst attaches the detachable shields r21,.'v 28, 29, y3|l,fetc., in succession .upon the clothesline .20 and attaches the wash tothe detachable shields 2,1, etc. in succes.

sion, by means of the conventional clothespins.

Thedetachable shields 2lf-are attached to the clothesliney2= one ata time. and the irst piece. of.,'the..wet Wash which .is vto be hun-gout is srecured to the detachable shield. 2l` bymeans of they conventional clothespin,,,and section 21 is thenV pushed :along` thetclothesline 20 away from` theel-operator. until suiiicient. clearance is provide'dfto attach theznext .detachable shield 28 to theshield 2land to the clothesline 20.

tachable shieldgfwhichnmay. be the shield 30, is coupledtothe :detachable shield 29 and to the clothesline .to;receive another article ,of wet wash clamped thereon by. theconventional clothespin.

Eachdetachable shield,` 2lA to 30, etc. is constructed in the same manner. As best shown in y Figs112 to 5, yeach detachable shield. is made of a piece :of materialof -suitable length for the pury pose.:.intended.` t.A piece of. material, approxi- 'I matelytwelvezinches Along.. gives good results althoughit should be understood that the detachable shieldsmaybe ilonger or shorter than twelve inches/withoutpin.anyzway departing from the.

spiritv of :the inventions;

Each shield 21, includes an elongated cover r substantially conforming in cross-section to an inverted' U.. .Thezcoveris Wide enough and deep z,

enoughrin crossesection: to raccommodate and encasca sectionfofrlthe conventional clothesline 20. Atn/itssoppositeiends,and at one or more intermediate: points, fthe s detachable shield. 2l is proivided .with .pairs sofi'oppositely disposed 'clips Asl-bestillustratedzimFig. 5, each of the clips Y is inwardlybenttoengage a, portion 0f the under-s'l side` of thewcdotheslin'e 20;..fandais then outwardly f -bentfto -form th'elopp'ositelyl disposed flared lips 38 and 39 between which a section of clothesline 26 may be readily inserted.

The detachable shields 21 may be made of any suitable material which is rust-proof and which will not stain or soil the wet wash and which is sufficiently self-resilient to spring open and closed about the clothesline, when attached thereto and detached therefrom. Sheet brass gives satisfactory results although other metals and even plastic materials may be substituted for brass, if desired.

At suitably spaced intervals, detents 40, 4| and 42 may be formed in the crown of the inverted U-shaped cover 3| to provide spacers 44, 45 and 46 having smooth-curved undersurfaces alongI which the crown of the clothesline 2U may slide freely. By this arrangement, friction between the clothesline 2 and the detachable shields 21 to 30, etc., is reduced to a minimum, thus facilitating the movement of the detachable shields along the clothesline.

The side walls of the U-shaped cover 3l may be struck outwards to provide the outwardly projecting beads or ridges 48 and 49, which in conjunction with the clothespins tend to firmly secure the end of the pinned article between the clothespin and the cover 3l and to prevent premature release of the clothespin from the shield.

One end of the cover 3l is struck upwards and outwards at 50 to form a raised shank having an elongated curved slot l formed therein, and the opposite end of the cover 3l terminates in a laterally and upwardly projecting end piece defining a hook 55. As best shown in Fig. 4, the elongated curved slot 52 of detachable shield 28, is adapted to engage the hook 55 of detachable shield 21 whereby the hook 55 and elongated curved slot 52 constitute a detachable coupling between the adjacent detachable shields 21 and 28, so that when the shields 21` and 28 are attached to the clothesline in succession, and are coupled together by means of slot 52, and hook 55, the detachable shields 21 and 28 may be moved by the operator as a unit and caused to glide along the clothesline towards or away from the operator by the action of the curved spacers 44, 65, 46, 41, etc., and the clamping action of the clips 3233, 34-35, 36-31, etc.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 6 to 8 inclusive, a double or endless clothesline Gil is suspended as between the posts 6l and 62 by means of the hooks 63 and 64 and the pulley assemblies 65 and 66.

Each pulley assembly 65 and 66 is conventional and may consist of an eyelet 61 pivoted at 68 to the case of the pulley assembly 65 (Figs. 7 and 8), and a grooved pulley 69 mounted to revolve about a Xed shaft 10. The case of the pulley assembly 65 may include the spaced guide channels 1I and 12 through which the clothesline 66 may be guided around the grooved pulley 59.

The wet wash shown generally at 13, may be attached with clothespins 14 to the outward run 'i8 of clothesline 60 in the conventional Way, and the inward run 19 drawn towards the operator at 6l until the knot 80 reaches the guide channel of pulley 66 (Fig. 1) when the outward run 18 of the clothesline 60 will be lled with wet wash 13.

The operator may now proceed to attach successive sections of the detachable shields 29, 28, 21 to the inward run 19 of clothesline 6l)A and attach wet wash to said shields 29, 28, etc.

in succession, until the inward run 19 is lled with wet wash in the manner described for the clothesline 29 (Fig. 1). The stop washers 16 and prevent the detachable shields 21, 28, 29, etc., from entering the guide channels 1I and 1'2 of the pulley assemblies 66 and 65. The stop washers 15, 16 are provided with a central opening 11 through which the clothesline 68 may run freely when drawn by the operator.

The wet wash may whip and spread before the wind, but the detachable shields 21, 28, 29 tend to turn upon the clothesline thus reducing the risk of fouling of the wet wash about the clothesline 20. However, if the wet wash should foul up around the detachable shields 21, 28, 29, the shields may still be drawn along the clothesline towards the operator and the wet wash removed as the shields 21, 28, 29, etc., are drawn in. The stop washers 15 and 16 engage the guide channel 12 of the pulley assembly to prevent the detachable shields 21, 28, 29, etc., disposed on clothesline 69 between said stop washers, from fouling in the guide channels 1I, 12 of the pulley assembly 65.

Instead of pinning the wet wash to the shields 29, 28, 21, etc., of the double clothesline shown in Fig. 6, the operator may attach the wet wash 13 with the clothespins 14 to the outward run 18 and merely fasten the shields 29, 28, 21, etc., to the inward run 19, and leave them in place as a permanent part of the clothesline structure.

The outward run 18, may be operated through the pulley assemblies 65 and 66 in the conventional way to hang and remove the wet wash 13. When, however, any article of wet wash becomes tangled with or wrapped around the detachable shields 29, 28, 21, of the inward run 19, the operator may draw the outward run 18 towards the post 6l while at the same time drawing the innermost shield 21 towards the post 6I, so that the article which is tangled with the shield travels freely upon both the outward run 18 and the inward run 19 until it is accessible to the operator who then disentangles the article and detaches it from the clothesline.

What is claimed is:

1. A sectional shield device comprising, a clothesline, a series of shields attachable to said clothesline, each of said shields comprising an elongated member having the cross-section of an inverted U and adapted to slidably engage the clothesline to form a shield, oppositely spaced spring clips in continuation of the lower edges of said shield for detachably clamping said shield upon said clothesline, and coupling means disposed at opposite ends of said shield.

2. A sectional shield device for a cable comprising a series of shields attachable to a cable, each of said shields including a flexible elongated member having the cross-section of an inverted U adapted to cover a definite length of a suspended cable, oppositely spaced spring clips extending below the lower edges of said elongated member for detachably clamping said member upon said cable, a hook secured to one end of said shield, the opposite end thereof having an eye formed therein, and detents formed in the crown of said shield in spaced alignment to form rolling surfaces for the suspended cable.

3. A sectional shield device for a cable comprising a series of shields attachable to a cable, each of said shields including a eXible elongated member having the cross-section of an inverted U adapted to cover a definite length of 6 a suspended cable, oppositely spaced spring clips REFERENCES CITED extending below the lower edges of said elongated member for detachably clamping said member upon said cable, a hook secured to one The following references are of record in the ille orf this patent:

end of said shield, the opposite end thereof hav- 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS ing an eye formed therein, detents formed in g the crown of said shield in spaced alignment to' Nugegr Smlme May Ilgg form rolling surfaces for the suspended cable, 519998 Germar; May lg and beads extending along the side Walls of the 8622745 Marshall Aug 6 1907 1,868,726 Collier s July 26, 1932 JOHN KOSINSKI' 2,402,220 Whelan June 1s, 194e 

